SAFIA

SAFIA is an Oxenri electronica, indie pop band formed in Junišce. The three members met at Radford College. They were featured on Peking Duk's top 5 single, "Take Me Over".

The band says the name comes from a song they wrote called "Sapphire", but it does not mean anything. The band have since found out that safia means 'serenity' in Arabic.

Oxenryd Song Quest 1
On 10 June 2016, it was confirmed that they would take part in the Oxenryd Song Quest 1 with their song "Counting Sheep", as an attempt to represent Oxenryd at the Maia Song Contest 1.

They performed fourth on the night. The band received 73 points, which led them to win the contest. They received the maximum 12 points from two countries. Their win was met with controversy, as second-placed Nina Kraljić received not only more sets of 12 points (3), but also more points from the Oxenri jury (SAFIA received 5 points, Nina received 12). Despite the uproar of the public, SAFIA were still selected to represent their country at the contest.

Maia Song Contest 1
Although most Oxenri citizens were satisfied with the decision to send the band to the contest, nobody had predicted their unprecedented success.

The band performed 4th on the night of the grand final, and after all countries had voted, it was announced that Oxenryd had won the contest with 111 points, narrowly beating Zhanar Dugalova from Kashykia.

They received the maximum 12 points from Björnska, Dunwaye, Tayō Nohito, and Zvorrhybnnia.

Upon arrival home from Farsknordi, the band were greeted with large swarms of Oxenri fans at Sevnoren International Airport, with media reports and airport security statistics indicating that the airport foyer was over capacity by approximately 2300 people.